Operators who train on Vortex Construction Simulators develop the real-world skills they need to operate heavy equipment safely and efficiently. Scalable to every training need and budget, Vortex simulators incorporate Smart Training TechnologyTM, which means that they provide the most transferable skills on the market today, outside of the real equipment. Vortex simulators represent the widest range of training solutions available today.
Flexible display options mean you can start small and scale up to full immersion, and swappable controls mean you can use one simulator to train on many equipment types — with the assurance that you can count on your Vortex simulators for years of training, thanks to their rugged, durable construction.
Our lifting and earthmoving training modules are ready to run on any Vortex simulator.
Each module assures complete, effective training, with progressive learning exercises, objective trainee performance metrics, and best-of-class equipment simulation.
Accelerate your training and reduce your training costs with Vortex simulators for operator training.
Trainees can practice challenging operations, in the kinds of situations that are impossible to replicate in real life without the risk of injury or damage to equipment. Prepare them to respond to the unexpected by injecting system faults, load shifting, and inclement weather.
Vortex simulators are a valuable tool for teaching productive and economic machine use. They track and log key performance metrics in real-time, such as the amount of time elapsed, amount of fuel, and more.
Measure and log trainee performance against your objective benchmarks and criteria. Trainers can monitor and evaluate performance during and after training exercises.
With trainees practicing on simulators, you’re providing concentrated seat time, with a dramatic reduction in 1-on-1 training hours. Thanks to an engaging learning experience, trainees are acquiring valuable skills even when the real equipment is unavailable.
Each Vortex simulator reduces the time you need to spend on the real equipment. Plus, for what you’ll spend on a single crane or machine, you can deploy a fleet of Vortex simulators — with lower maintenance and fuel costs, and a reduced eco-footprint.
CM Lab's crane and lifting equipment training packs can be deployed on any Vortex simulator. They feature self-guiding, progressive learning programs, and best-of-class simulation. With engaging learning scenarios and operator metrics captured at every step, they provide the most comprehensive training solution available on the market.
Progressive training program for safe moving and lifting, efficient operating, and complete worksite awareness.
CM Labs’ Telehandler Simulator Training Pack provides a complete learning solution for operations, from controls familiarization to challenging ground and height lifting scenarios. Operators learn safe and efficient techniques allowing them to exercise skills, creativity, and good judgment, just as in the real world.
The Boom Truck Simulator Training Pack was designed in collaboration with leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to ensure precision engineering and realistic machine behavior.
The Boom Truck Simulator can be paired with CM Labs’ Earthmoving and Lifting Equipment Training Packs to provide organizations with comprehensive education for equipment operators.
The Luffing Tower Crane Simulator Training Pack covers the training process for lifting operations. The training pack immerses operators in a challenging urban environment within the cabin of a realistic luffing tower crane that acts just like the real thing, from boom tip to hook block, cables, and more.
With the Flat-top Tower Crane Simulator Training Pack, operators learn the fundamentals of standard top-slewing tower crane work, including load charts, blind lifts, and 2-part/4-part-of-line operation. They’ll also learn the fundamentals of safety systems including anti-2-block, lower limit switch, and trolley limit switch.
The Mobile Crane Simulator Training Pack is a complete training tool. It covers the entire lift process, from lift plans to controls familiarization to complex lifts, such as lifting steel structures, working in buildings, and work around power lines.
The training pack provides in-depth assessment capabilities and progressive learning exercises for both novices and experienced mobile crane operators.
The Forklift Simulator Training Pack teaches forklift operators the skills they need to work productively and safely. Following operational best practices, trainees learn basic vehicle handling skills, and fork spacing and positioning, as well as how to safely handle a variety of loads, before taking control of the real equipment.
With the Crawler Crane Simulator Training Pack, operators learn the fundamentals of crawler crane operation, including slewing, boom operation, and handling of many load types, ranging from sewer pipes and steel erection to large lifts such as wind turbine components.
CM Lab's earthmoving equipment simulator training packs are powered by decades of innovation and research into dirt simulation, so trainees learn proper digging, loading, and dumping techniques that transfer to the worksite. With self-paced learning exercises, trainees can work independently to develop safe work habits that get real-world results.
The Backhoe Simulator Training Pack highlights the versatility of this “jack of all trades,” with exercises designed to teach operators the full potential of the equipment. It’s the only solution on the market that is capable of simulating a backhoe’s backlash and instability.
Thanks to this capability, the Backhoe Simulator Training Pack is ideal for teaching novices critical transferable skills, such as how to leverage backhoe flexibility, and control its center of gravity for maximal efficiency on the job site.
The Excavator Simulator Training Pack features the world’s first commercial application of CM Labs’ innovative approach to soil simulation. This realism immerses trainees in a virtual environment that promotes rapid skills acquisition — from excavating and trenching, to trailer loading, safety corridor management, and more.
With built-in scoring, pedagogy that encourages self-directed learning, and challenges that encourage trainees to use their own operating judgment, the Hydraulic Excavator Simulator Training Pack enables trainees to develop a sense of initiative and responsibility that transfers to the worksite.
The Dozer Simulator Training Pack is a powerful training tool for both novice and experienced operators. It’s the only solution on the market that makes it possible to train for complex dozer leveling and grading techniques, thanks to its innovative soil and machine simulation.
Trainees can perform both heavy excavation and fine grading with the 6-way blade and manage their work zone by controlling dump truck positioning. This encourages the development of operator accuracy and efficiency, in an immersive, risk-free environment.
The Wheel Loader Simulator Training Pack is an immersive training tool for loader operations. It incorporates CM Labs’ advanced soil simulation, which reproduces bucket/ground interactions with the highest fidelity available today.
Wheel loader operators learn safe and efficient techniques in an open environment with multiple possible solutions, leaving them to exercise skills, creativity, and good judgment, just as in the real world.
As one of the most challenging pieces of equipment to operate, the motor grader requires countless hours of training for efficient operations. CM Labs’ Motor Grader Simulator Training Pack provides a complete learning solution for grader operations, from controls familiarization to fine grading techniques. The most advanced grader simulation available today, it’s the only solution available to incorporate real-time operator scoring, advanced earthmoving simulation technology, and real-life advanced effects. The training pack incorporates self-guided learning features, including previews of each training exercise, and best-practice hints.
The Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) Simulator Training Pack is the only solution that accurately replicates machine stability, providing training opportunities to reduce the likelihood of accidents due to tipping. The training works on optimal loading and improving teamwork skills. The ADT simulator is an entry-level training pack, ideal for training schools or companies with a wide range of equipment in their fleet”
Based on the most stringent labor competency recommendations, the Compact Track Loader Simulator Training Pack is the only solution that accurately replicates machine stability, providing training opportunities to reduce the likelihood of accidents due to tipping. This entry-level simulator pack is ideal for training schools or companies with a wide range of equipment in their fleet.
The Vortex Edge Series of simulators are entry-level solutions that make it simple and affordable for organisations to leverage the latest in innovative technology for operator skills development. Easy to transport and set up, they are ideal for organisations looking to explore simulation for the first time.
With a rugged, stripped down design that minimises simulator costs, the Vortex Edge Max is built to the same uncompromising standard that has made CM Labs the largest construction simulator vendor in the world.
Designed for maximum portability and simple set up, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus simulator makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalogue of construction and forestry equipment training packs anytime, anywhere.
The Vortex Advantage is designed to provide the most immersive simulator training available today. It is a proven solution that leads directly to transferable skills and measurable work site efficiency increases.
The Vortex Advantage is an immersive training simulator that’s been developed to stay relevant to your training goals — today as well as tomorrow.
With different options and configurations, it’s a fit for training programs of all sizes and budgets.
Designed for maximum portability and simple setup, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus simulator makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalog of construction and forestry equipment training packs anytime, anywhere. It is the ideal training solution for the classroom or on the go, and a great way to assess the skill level of heavy equipment operators quickly. Its ease of transport makes the Vortex Edge Plus an optimal hands-on tool for attracting talent at job fairs and career development events.
Not every organization has the time, manpower, or equipment available for training when needed. That all changes with the Vortex Edge Max. Packed with CM Labs’ award-winning technology, the Vortex Edge Max simulator is an entry-level tool that develops transferable operator skills.
With a rugged, stripped-down design that minimizes simulator costs, the Vortex Edge Max is built to the same uncompromising standard that has made CM Labs the largest construction simulator vendor in the world.
The Vortex Edge Max can also be connected with other CM Labs simulators to enable cooperative crew training exercises.
Easy to transport, set up, and use. Wheel the Vortex Edge Max out of the shipping crate and get up and running in under 10 minutes.
Designed for maximum portability and simple setup, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus simulator makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalog of construction and forestry equipment training packs anytime, anywhere. It is the ideal training solution for the classroom or on the go, and a great way to assess the skill level of heavy equipment operators quickly. Its ease of transport makes the Vortex Edge Plus an optimal hands-on tool for attracting talent at job fairs and career development events.
